Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. Votes: 4
George EliotAnimal research saves lives, but wherever possible alternatives should be used Votes: 3
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of TurvilleBefore 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles. Votes: 3
Ben MendelsohnMore power to [Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty] if they can get someone's attention. Votes: 3
Ingrid NewkirkThe lifeblood of Mercy For Animals is our undercover investigations of animal agriculture. Votes: 3
Nathan RunkleI read 'Animal Farm' when I was 11, and it remained my favorite book, really. Votes: 3
Martin FreemanLots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem. Votes: 3
Benjamin HoffAnimal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery. Votes: 3
Philip WollenI've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show! Votes: 3
GrimesAnimal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes. Votes: 3
William BartramI don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House. Votes: 3
Bob HopeAt the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose. Votes: 3
Chuck Palahniuk'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose. Votes: 3
Chuck PalahniukI love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. Votes: 3
Jean CocteauAnimal Farm has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid today as it was fifty years ago. Votes: 3
Ralph SteadmanYou think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. Votes: 3
Robert Louis StevensonWomen and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Votes: 3
Robert A. HeinleinI am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. Votes: 3
Abraham LincolnThe puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence. Votes: 1
William Henry HudsonIt's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient. Votes: 0
Georges St-PierreMan is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. Votes: 0
Michael FoxOld MacDonald had a farm-until America's corporate animal factories plowed it under... Votes: 0
Deirdre ImusAlthough I sometimes pose as a fight animal, I'm really a flight animal. Votes: 0
Jeanette WintersonZweck sein selbst ist jegliches Tier. Each animal is an end in itself. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSurvival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. Votes: 0
Daniel KahnemanThere is too much animal courage in society and not sufficient moral courage. Votes: 0
Mary Baker Eddy... I doubt the capacity of the human animal for being dignified in ceremony. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfThe primary concern of the human animal is to avoid rejection and abandonment. Votes: 0
Laura SchlessingerNever break a promise to an animal. They're like babiesthey won't understand. Votes: 0
Tamora PierceMONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceYou..." The centaur's eyes flared like a cornered animal's. "You should be dead. Votes: 0
Rick RiordanI believe in animal rights, human rights, land rights, water rights, air rights. Votes: 0
Rod CoronadoBetween animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be. Votes: 0
Rudolf VirchowWithout animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year. Votes: 0
Albert SabinOur brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic. Votes: 0
Zoe SaldanaAn animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish. Votes: 0
Erwin SchrodingerWe cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals. Votes: 0
Gary L. FrancioneMan is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence. Votes: 0
Herman MelvilleThey'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number. Votes: 0
Samantha ShannonUntil you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant. Votes: 0
Anatole FranceTrue, the lion is a mighty, noble animal, but it is an animal nevertheless!.. Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanNo other animal on earth has portrayed such a disregard for life than mankind. Votes: 0
Anthony D. WilliamsHuman life without some form of poetry is not human life but animal existence. Votes: 0
Randall JarrellLife histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal. Votes: 0
Jack HornerWoman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal. Votes: 0
Gustave FlaubertAnger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman. Votes: 0
Amos Bronson AlcottThe extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltCruelty, as a fine art, has attained its perfect flower in the trained-animal world. Votes: 0
Jack LondonPhysical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. Votes: 0
Wendell PhillipsNo chemical carcinogen is nearly so important in causing human cancer as animal protein. Votes: 0
T. Colin CampbellMan is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man. Votes: 0
Edgar Allan PoeNo animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or so good as drink. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man. Votes: 0
Robertson DaviesWe have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person. Votes: 0
Pamela StephensonWars are the strongest evidence for the claim that man is still a wild animal. Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanMan is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. Votes: 0
Thomas CarlyleMan is more than an animal only in that he finds expression for the beautiful. Votes: 0
John CarrollYou know the animal that kills the most people in the world? The Hepatitis Bee. Votes: 0
Milton JonesWoe to humanity, should only a single animal have a seat in the Last Judgement. Votes: 0
Christian MorgensternCan our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? Votes: 0
Julian CasablancasChimps taught us we're not separated from the animal kingdom, we're a part of it. Votes: 0
Jane GoodallIf beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning. Votes: 0
Peter YorkA dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by it's own farts Votes: 0
Frank SkinnerNo nation is truly free until the animal, man's younger brother is free and happy. Votes: 0
Sadhu T. L. VaswaniIf you guys are interested in getting any kind of animal, definitely go and adopt. Votes: 0
Booboo StewartNot all animal brides are doomed. Not all men are greedy or violent or possessive. Votes: 0
Delia ShermanOur unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human Votes: 0
Edward BondWhat do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants? Votes: 0
Steven WrightOur unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human. Votes: 0
Edward BondA rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights. Votes: 0
Lance MorrowEven if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawI am not willing to let the market-place determine the future of the animal kingdom. Votes: 0
Charlie RoseNor dread nor hope attendA dying animal;A man awaits his endDreading and hoping all. Votes: 0
W.B. YeatsChris [Farley] - I would consider him a comic animal. With the emphasis on "animal." Votes: 0
Rob LoweThere is such an animal as a nonstylist, only they're not writers - they're typists. Votes: 0
Truman CapoteI tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog"cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way. Votes: 0
Jordan SonnenblickHistory is a big word..........History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate. Votes: 0
Antonio TabucchiWe must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. Votes: 0
J. B. PriestleyI have never had an animal that didn't have a personality, one differing from another. Votes: 0
Jane GoodallOn the surface I'm a mild mannered person, that's until you scratch the animal inside. Votes: 0
Ray DaviesIf we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree... Votes: 0
Rex HarrisonIn short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop. Votes: 0
Asa GrayMan simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. Votes: 0
Carlton J. H. HayesThere's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life. Votes: 0
Harold KlempI know of dude-bands who've brought big, crazy dogs on tour. Everybody loves their animal. Votes: 0
Marnie SternIf you're going to kill the animal it seems only polite to use the whole thing. Votes: 0
Fergus HendersonYou can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal. Votes: 0
Betty WhiteMan is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth. Votes: 0
Subhash KakHardly any animal can look as deeply disappointed as a dog to whom one says "no." Votes: 0
Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonI am an avid supporter of PETA and all animals as well as animal rights programs. Votes: 0
Corey FeldmanLove in an animal sense is an illness, but a necessity which one has to overcome. Votes: 0
Max BeckmannOne main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadThe only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal. Votes: 0
Compton MackenzieMy wife, Tania, is very big on dogs, so I'm always paying out to animal charities. Votes: 0
Eric IdleSociety tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheIf you've got any concern at all about animal welfare, you've got to not eat meat. Votes: 0
Russell BrandOne main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadThe natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawMan is neither mere intellect not the gross animal body, nor the heart or soul alone. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiEvery animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created. Votes: 0
Jacob BronowskiI've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male. Votes: 0
Jacqueline NovogratzIf a black black cat crosses your path, it suggests that the animal is going somewhere. Votes: 0
M.K. BhuttaBeing asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal. Votes: 0
Douglas CouplandThe essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow. Votes: 0
Hans ArpIn photography, you've got to be quick, quick, quick, quick...Like an animal and a prey. Votes: 0
Henri Cartier-BressonI bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other. Votes: 0
Lily TomlinEach and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me Votes: 0
Anthony D. WilliamsMan is the only animal that when you pat him on the head, his head swells up. Votes: 0
Charles R. SwindollAs a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body Votes: 0
Thomas HobbesFor us to remain in this world, our animal brain has to be there to support us. Votes: 0
Thomas KeatingPoetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Votes: 0
Carl SandburgI am like a wounded animal in a remote isolated place - How wonderful! - How happy! Votes: 0
Dalai LamaTurn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind. Votes: 0
James TaylorMan is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe. Votes: 0
Anatole FranceI've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people. Votes: 0
Doris DayGod sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man. Votes: 0
Ibn ArabiThe really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it. Votes: 0
Stella McCartneyNo one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Votes: 0
Joni MitchellAs animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die. Votes: 0
Shane BarbiBrutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. Votes: 0
Alphonse de LamartineNor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsMen always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them. Votes: 0
D. H. LawrenceAs far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneAnger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal. Votes: 0
Sathya Sai BabaI'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. Votes: 0
Yoko OnoA man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiHimsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThis is my social face,â he said lightly. "Don't confuse it with the animal beneath. Votes: 0
Elizabeth HoytWhen a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Votes: 0
Isaac Bashevis SingerOnce I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories. Votes: 0
Rachel HunterWhenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane. Votes: 0
Joseph Wood KrutchMan is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. Votes: 0
Hal HolbrookIf a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food Votes: 0
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy...only someone who'd never been an animal would put up a sign saying not to feed them.... Votes: 0
Jonathan Safran FoerAs a biologist, I can't think of myself as anything but an animal among animals and plant. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverTo me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you. Votes: 0
Keith RichardsI'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free. Votes: 0
Rachel HunterWhat is the life of a man more than the life of a lamb, or any guiltless animal? Votes: 0
James HoggMan is the hardest animal to kill. If he gets away he will come back to kill you. Votes: 0
Salvatore MaranzanoHe read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain. Votes: 0
Nathanael WestI am an animal, my teeth are sharp and my mouth is full, and the passion is strong. Votes: 0
Pete TownshendMan is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. Votes: 0
Erich FrommAn animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie. Votes: 0
H. G. WellsMan is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. Votes: 0
William HazlittBetween the murder of an animal and the murder of a man, there's no more than ONE step! Votes: 0
Leo TolstoyMy spirit animal is a monkey. Because I have really long arms and I like being up high. Votes: 0
Margot RobbieWhen you look into the eyes of an animal youve rescued, you cant help but fall in love. Votes: 0
Paul ShafferWe are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups. Votes: 0
Robert GreeneWhen man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe. Votes: 0
PlatoWhen you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love. Votes: 0
Paul ShafferI adore pigs, and I love eating them and cooking them, and I love using the whole animal. Votes: 0
April BloomfieldMan is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. Votes: 0
Charles LambI was one of those kids who found it difficult to eat anything that looked like an animal. Votes: 0
Gina McKeeLet us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. Votes: 0
Francis PicabiaWe ride through life on the beast within us. Beat the animal, but you can't make it think. Votes: 0
Luigi PirandelloA man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself. Votes: 0
George D. PrenticeTo be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change. Votes: 0
Sara CoxIf I could be any animal I would be a pony because then I could have sex with ponies. Votes: 0
Thom YorkeThe last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it? Votes: 0
Aldo LeopoldA part of me feels like I was an animal in my past life that wasn't treated very nicely. Votes: 0
Leona LewisA politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenWe need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite. Votes: 0
Abraham MyersonNo computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed! Votes: 0
Matthew McConaugheyLa conducta humana no revela la verdad porque el hombre es un animal que miente
Gonzalo Torrente BallesterLa violencia es un animal incontrolable, que suele terminar atacando a su propio amo
Renny YagoseskyBeber sin sed y amar en todo tiempo es lo único que diferencia al hombre del animal.
Pierre Augustin de BeaumarchaisIâm just a beast, Iâm just an animal and Iâm waiting to get let out of that cage!
Daniel RicciardoEl perro es, generalmente, un animal que jamas se venga del castigo que le aplica su amo
Charles DickensLa muerte nos iguala a todos. Es la misma para un hombre rico que para un animal salvaje
Dalái Lama Tenzin GyatsoI am the animal at the head of the pack. ⦠I either get eaten, or I get the good grass.
David TepperIndulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaToday a man of knowledge might well feel as though he were God transformed into an animal.
Friedrich NietzscheMan is and remains an animal.Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.
Joseph GoebbelsOften, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.
Julius LesterThe ant is a collectively intelligent and individually stupid animal; man is the opposite.
Karl von FrischShe did not know that the wolf was a wicked sort of animal, and she was not afraid of him.
Marissa MeyerThere's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.
Michael ChabonIt is not so much that man is a herd animal, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief.
Sigmund FreudMan owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal.
Albert EinsteinWithout the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.
C. S. LewisAn animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them....
Dalton TrumboMan is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.
Fyodor DostoevskyMan is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.
Arthur SchopenhauerHope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.
Graham GreeneSome people like milk, but I would never drink anything you have to stroke out of an animal.
Jonas ErikssonThe people who eat the most animal protein have the most heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
T. Colin CampbellQ: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal.
Douglas CouplandThe cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonMan is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.
Henry David ThoreauNo animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
Martha GrahamWhen a man does not admit that he is an animal, he is less than an animal. Not more but less.
Michael McClureAll praise is to Allah, I'll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I'd fight him too.
Mike TysonSometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip.
Steve ToltzHe thought how sad it was to be an Animal who had never had a bunch of violets picked for him.
A. A. MilneKilling an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it.
Doris DayWithout the errors which lie in the assumption of morality, man would have remained an animal.
Friedrich NietzscheMan [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.
Thomas JeffersonThe trans fatty acids (found in animal products and cooked oils) are a factor in breast cancer.
Edward MartinHail, mute devil! You are the most intense animal. An eternal mystic of the fleshly inferno ...
Federico Garcia LorcaWorking with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.
Kit HaringtonIn the wake of Animal House, the stock briefly and quite wrongly shot up. So I love that movie.
P. J. O'RourkeThe reason my food bank is vegan is because I can't pay for animal products in good conscience.
Sam SimonOnce people start introducing animal products into their diet, that's when the mischief starts.
T. Colin CampbellEn virtud de la palabra, el hombre es superior al animal; por el silencio se supera a sí mismo.
Paul MassonThere are millions of animal species but, man is the only animal capable of destroying them all.
Anthony D. WilliamsA writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337
Candace BushnellWhich of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?
Marianne MooreWe lost this animal instinct that we used to have. We use a very low percentage of our instinct.
Marion CotillardThe queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.
Megan Whalen TurnerHuman emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.
HannibalThe graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest.
Pliny the ElderAs a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins.
Stella McCartneyCreo que he encontrado el eslabón perdido entre el animal y el hombre civilizado. Somos nosotros.
Konrad AdenauerToo much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal.
Carl JungI love raising animals. I look at animals as more perfect human beings. I can relate to an animal.
Carroll ShelbyShip of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.
John RuskinAll you need is a [insert plant], some [insert stick / rock / animal feces], and a good multitool.
Les StroudI believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.
Robert BreaultThere's no such thing as an animal too big too kill, AND we're cornered by such animals every day.
Shane McCraeThe human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he's dying don't give him pity for others.
Tennessee WilliamsThe eye is the window of the soul; even an animal looks for a man's intentions right into his eyes.
Hiram PowersAnimal language is a contagious expression of mood effecting communication between social partners.
Robert ArdreyHe who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheComedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.
Robin WilliamsTake my camel, dear,' said my aunt Dot, climbing down from that animal on her return from high Mass.
Rose MacaulayUntil one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. Votes: 2 Anatole France
A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good. Votes: 1 Antoine Predock
I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights. Votes: 1 Beau Garrett
The lifeblood of Mercy For Animals is our undercover investigations of animal agriculture. Votes: 5 Nathan Runkle
I think that there are many aspects to the relationship between humans and animals. But briefly, humans appear to have always been fascinated by them from the time of cave paintings and before. Votes: 1 Alison Goldfrapp
In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. Thereâs a special punishment Christians would suggest. Votes: 4 Bob Marshall
To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering. Votes: 2 Ingrid Newkirk
Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden. Votes: 1 Doris Day
With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy. Votes: 4 Jeanette Winterson
I'd been interested in animal behaviour as a teenager and had thought of studying it at one point. Votes: 3 Michelle Paver
If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Otherwise, the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson were so much a part of my childhood, and Janet and I have become friends. So my second dream job would be backup singer for Janet Jackson! Votes: 1 Dylan Lauren
No other animal bonds to a human being the way a dog does. And I suspect there is no other animal to which human beings can bond the way we can bond to a dog. Votes: 3 Robert Crais
You don't just one day say, 'That's it, I'm doing this, I'm going to throw all my shoes out and I'm not eating honey and I won't drive my car because there are animal bones in the tires...' because you'd drive yourself around the bend. Votes: 3 James Cromwell
Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding. Votes: 1 Neil deGrasse Tyson
It was wrong to capture wild animals and confine them in captivity for people to go and gawk at them. And that's basically how zoos got started. But once you do that, and once you have animals that have been bred in captivity, you're really stuck with them in some sense. You can't return them to the wild. Votes: 3 Peter Singer
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. Votes: 2 David Attenborough
I think that animals aren't less intelligent than humans, they're just of a different intelligence. We have five million smell-sensitive cells in our nose, they have two hundred and fifty million - they can smell emotion. They can smell different types of emotion, they just have another type of intelligence. Votes: 3 Mike Mills
Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs. Votes: 2 Stanislav Grof
To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs. Votes: 3 Bernie Siegel
My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability to repair or control. Votes: 3 Jon Katz
Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so. Votes: 3 Ingrid Newkirk
Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general. Votes: 4 Biz Stone
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. Votes: 4 David Attenborough
Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers? Votes: 3 George Carlin
As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed. Votes: 5 Morarji Desai
I probably have reported, probably more about the unusual animal death stories then anyone else on this planet. Votes: 3 Linda Moulton Howe
Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives - and may even extend our stay on Earth. Votes: 1 Alex Steffen
Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with. Votes: 1 Jared Diamond
Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die. Votes: 2 George A. Romero
For a country without a past is nothing, a word That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning, A perishable wall destroyed by flame, An echo of animal emotions. Votes: 3 Czeslaw Milosz
Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock. Votes: 1 Gale Norton
Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will. Votes: 3 Tippi Hedren
Puerto Ricans who find they can no longer afford to keep their pets often choose to drop their dogs, sometimes even whole litters of puppies, at a beach - sometimes under cover of night, in secret - rather than surrender the animal to a city or state-run shelter where the animals will face grim conditions and almost certain death by euthanasia. Votes: 1 Juliana Hatfield
To those people who say, 'My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say, 'Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.' Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade-off. Votes: 3 Bill Maher
Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments. Votes: 3 Robert Barany
Who taught me that animals were put on this Earth for food? Who taught me to disrespect animals and view them as mere commodities? Who stole my compassion, my empathy and my conscience? Who lied to me? Who instilled this vicious mindset of human-to-animal exploitation as standard operating procedure? Votes: 3 Gary Yourofsky
What happens if you are the last (the very, very last) of your species, and you die - and humans notice? We live, increasingly, at a time when extinctions are recorded, remembered, and the last animal (or plant) in its line, by virtue of its being last, becomes a kind of celebrity. Its finality becomes a thing to honor. Votes: 3 Robert Krulwich
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. Votes: 2 Martin Buber
I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals. Votes: 2 Joey King
In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules. Votes: 2 Tina Turner
In Tennessee where I grew up, there were animals, farms, wagons, mules. Votes: 2 Tina Turner
China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals. Votes: 1 Brigitte Bardot
We're against animal fighting and killing animals for fur.... We want Americans to eat fewer animals Votes: 3 Wayne Pacelle
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food Votes: 3 Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Once you have an animal, you have to commit to it. They need a sense of freedom, but, of course, they must have some boundaries. I am against hitting them though; just send the vibe and that will do it. Votes: 1 Connie Stevens
When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do. Votes: 3 Betty White
I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me. Votes: 2 Sadie Frost
People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me. Votes: 1 Tanith Lee
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. Votes: 2 Michael J. Fox
The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves. Votes: 1 Jack Hanna
I am too easily contented with a slight and almost animal happiness. My happiness is a good deal like that of the woodchucks. Votes: 3 Henry David Thoreau
Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad. Votes: 1 W. C. Fields
I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie. Votes: 1 Edith Head
Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits. Votes: 5 Gary L. Francione
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions. Votes: 1 Stan Sakai
Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life. Votes: 1 Ingrid Newkirk
My first place in Nashville was like 'Animal House.' The whole band lived under one roof, and most nights the jam sessions ended close to sunrise. Votes: 3 Charlie Worsham
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Votes: 1 Henri Frederic Amiel
We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting. Votes: 1 Jacques Yves Cousteau
An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and to the decent ethic of husbandry those farmers live by. A religious person can oppose factory farming because it is degrading to both man and animal - an offense to God. Votes: 1 Matthew Scully
I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need. Votes: 3 Tippi Hedren
God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man. Votes: 2 Arthur Young
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Votes: 4 Henri Frederic Amiel
Let's put it this way: The animal inside of me has not quieted down yet. It's still there. It's still fighting. Votes: 3 Troy Dumais
A man recovers best from his exceptional nature - his intellectuality - by giving his animal instincts a chance. Votes: 4 Friedrich Nietzsche
Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. Votes: 3 D. H. Lawrence
Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isn't the best litmus test. Votes: 5 Ingrid Newkirk
Indulgence in animal killing for the taste of the tongue is the grossest kind of ignorance Votes: 3 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. Votes: 1 Jilly Cooper
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear. Votes: 7 Neil deGrasse Tyson
Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals don't think in a language. It's sensory based thinking, thinking in pictures, thinking in smells, thinking in touches. It's putting these sensory based memories into categories. Votes: 2 Temple Grandin
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation. Votes: 6 Ingrid Newkirk
I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show! Votes: 1 Grimes
I think I could always live with animals. The more you're around people, the more you love animals. Votes: 4 Walt Whitman
Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky Votes: 5 John Grogan
The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals. Votes: 1 Dick Van Patten
We have people who are healers and those who posses a certain animal magnetism. Votes: 3 Julian May
In a way, Strandbeests have turned into migration animals, and the step counter gives them an idea of where they are. While counting their steps, they know more or less where they are between Kijkduin and Scheveningen. Votes: 0 Theo Jansen
I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at factory farms. But it really bothers me that the mistreatment of pigs and chickens and cows seems to attract a lot more attention and spark a lot more outrage than the abuse of immigrant workers. Votes: 1 Eric Schlosser
My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month. Votes: 1 Nikki Reed
My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration. Votes: 2 Joanna Lumley
The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear. Votes: 4 Ralph Waldo Emerson
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous. Votes: 1 Edward Thorndike
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. Votes: 1 George Bernard Shaw
The failure of so many marriages is due to their getting married out of animal passion and not out of love. Votes: 3 Samael Aun Weor
I would like to do all kinds of things: photography and art and designing; I want to help do charity things for animals and things like that. Votes: 1 Georgia May Jagger
Horses are prey animals, and most of the other animals that I've shot are predators. If you act mellow with predators, they know that they can kill you, so they are cool, but if you work with prey, they think that you're going to kill them at any moment. Votes: 2 Jill Greenberg
Factory-farm lobbyists are so powerful and so well funded and they do everything in their power to hide the truth about farming. They keep the farms and slaughterhouses in places that most people never visit; they execute huge marketing campaigns in an effort to make animal production look like a happy, nice, benign institution. Votes: 4 Moby
I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined. Votes: 1 Emily Deschanel
If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible. Votes: 4 Steven Patrick Morrissey
Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change. Votes: 1 Susan Estrich
The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young. Votes: 1 Kate Millett
Animals, they are one of the most beautiful gifts we have and, you know, if there are people that have compassion, there are very few people that put their money into animal rescue organizations. And if there is someone that has that passion, animals need all the help they can get. Votes: 8 Alyssa Milano
When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs that makes them easy to marginalize. Among those is the belief that Rene Descartes was a jackass. Votes: 3 Steven Kotler
If killing [animal research scientists] is the only way to stop them, then I said killing them would certainly be justified. Votes: 5 Jerry Vlasak
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. Votes: 3 Charles Darwin
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same. Votes: 6 Daryl Hannah
The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem. Votes: 1 Dan Lipinski
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. Votes: 4 Edward Thorndike
I have to spring a cat out of Rumelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break." It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose cat?" "My cat. What do you think? That I break out the cats of strangers?" "Let me guess, she was framed. She's innocent. Votes: 5 Holly Black
I am a pet person. My dog actually lives in Georgia now. But I work with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It's good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They're easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don't. Votes: 1 Alyson Stoner
I do have a place in my heart for animal shelters because the job they have is impossible - so many animals that need to euthanized because don't have homes for them. Votes: 3 Kevin Nealon
Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once. Votes: 1 Jimmy Durante
Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle. Votes: 2 Jonathan Safran Foer
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. Votes: 1 Anatole France
Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants. Votes: 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I always believed in animal spirits. It's not their existence that is new. It's the fact that they are not random events, but actually replicate in-bred qualities of human nature which create those animal spirits. Votes: 3 Alan Greenspan
I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. Votes: 4 Jim Davis
There's no better feeling in the world than knowing that my show played a role in stopping animal abuse or alleviating animal suffering. Votes: 4 Jane Velez-Mitchell
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Votes: 1 Henri Frederic Amiel
Animal testing is needless, especially in cosmetics. Votes: 4 Leona Lewis
I needed a place to put the dogs. The prisoners ruined the jail, so I put the prisoners in the tents and I had a nice place to put the dogs. We treat the cats nice too, and horses. I have the inmates take care of the animals. It's therapy too, you see. Votes: 1 Joe Arpaio
I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever. Votes: 1 Abigail Disney
I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me. Votes: 2 Martha Beck
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Votes: 3 Arthur Schopenhauer
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Votes: 1 Immanuel Kant
Im an animal love, but I don't have the smarts to be a vet, or the heart to have been a vet cause I cry over any wounded animal. Votes: 1 Julie Gold
I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!' Votes: 2 William McNamara
I despise 'animal welfare.' That's like saying, 'Let's beat the slaves three times a week instead of five times a week'. Votes: 5 Gary Yourofsky
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. Votes: 1 Brigitte Bardot
I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. Votes: 3 Robert Louis Stevenson
A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden. Votes: 1 Robert Southey
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life, generally. Votes: 2 Tony La Russa
Scientists should not do animal testing if there is any alternative, but subject to that, I would support it on grounds of the medical benefits. Votes: 1 David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
I read 'Animal Farm' when I was 11, and it remained my favorite book, really. Votes: 1 Martin Freeman
And sometimes, he was less lucid. He'd run around his cell like a caged animal; he'd rock back and forth; he'd swing from topic to topic as if it was the only way to cross the jungle of his thoughts. Votes: 4 Jodi Picoult
One of the things about animal rights, which is not the only thing that I care about in this world, is that your money can bring success. I see results. Votes: 1 Sam Simon
Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the death of others. Votes: 1 Leonardo da Vinci
The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves. Votes: 1 Jack Hanna
The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts. Votes: 2 Tommy Lee
Kip Keino, Moses Tanui, Paul Tergat, they all come from my tribe. Some say it is the food we eat that makes us strong, the way we live. In the history of our people we wear no clothes and we are used to drinking the blood of animals. Votes: 1 Martin Lel
Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops. Votes: 1 Laura Mennell
For many, the recent disclosure of massive warrantless surveillance programs of all citizens by the Obama administration has brought back memories of George Orwell's '1984.' Another Orwell book seems more apt as the White House and its allies try to contain the scandal: 'Animal Farm.' Votes: 1 Jonathan Turley
The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists. Votes: 2 H. Allen Smith
I think that there are many aspects to the relationship between humans and animals. But briefly, humans appear to have always been fascinated by them from the time of cave paintings and before. Votes: 2 Alison Goldfrapp
The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology. Votes: 1 Edward Thorndike
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways of response, his behavior, what he is an outside observer. Votes: 1 Edward Thorndike
Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change. Votes: 1 Susan Estrich
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore, they're not perceived as a big loss. Votes: 1 Daniel Pauly
I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure. Votes: 2 Rima Fakih
After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms. Votes: 1 Ginnifer Goodwin
After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms. Votes: 1 Ginnifer Goodwin
After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power to protect these friendly and curious birds from the daily pain and suffering they endure on factory farms. Votes: 1 Ginnifer Goodwin
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Votes: 1 Oscar Wilde
My spirit animal... probably like a turtle, because I have no concept of time. Votes: 4 Rita Ora
I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall. Votes: 6 Augusten Burroughs
We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use. Votes: 1 Gary L. Francione
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. Votes: 4 Edwin Way Teale